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    Gorgon head (Manisa 541). (Telif hakkı Sart Amerikan Hafriyat Heyeti / Harvard Üniversitesi)

Gorgon Başlı Pilaster Başkenti

Dönem
2nd or 3rd C. AD, Roma
Müze
Manisa, Arkeoloji ve Etnografya Müzesi, 541
Müze Envanter No.
541
Sardeis veya Müze Env. No.
Manisa 541
Malzeme
Mermer, Taş
Eserin Türü
Heykel
Heykelin Türü
Başlık, Mitolojik Figür
Yerleşim
Sardis
Bulunduğu Yeri
Said to come from Sardis.
Tanım

A stylized Corinthian pilaster capital, this has unusually vertical and straight tendrils, one stem on each side breaking into two curved tendrils under the simple top profile. An acanthus leaf frames each side. In the center, between the tendrils, is a large frontal female head, apparently a gorgon. The large and classical features include deep-set eyes, a somewhat crooked nose, and thick lips, set within a huge jawbone. The neck is very wide. The hair frames the face with horizontal waves at the sides, vertical ones at the top. A thick braid seems to fall at each side of the neck.

The large head on a pilaster capital of this sort is unusual. The extensive use of long drill runs, in acanthus, tendrils, and hair, indicates a date in the 2nd or 3rd C. A.D.

Condition

Marble.

Complete, except for minor chipping at the corners.

Boyutlar
H. 0.295; W. 0.47.
Yorum
Unpublished. This is the same size and format as Cat. 196 (Fig. 346). Although the two are not identical, they are clearly from the same building. For generally similar type, though more sparsely decorated, cf. von Mercklin, Antike Figuralkapitelle, 118-119, no. 334 a and b, figs. 599-602.
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